Practising the Practice: Quick Spelling Tip
Do we practice or we practise?
Does one take offence or offense?
Most of us have been through the confusion, and written down a random spelling anyway. But now as technical writers, we are bound to learn the hard way.
According to the British usage of English, practice is a noun and to practise is a verb.
For eg:
It is time for football practice.
It is time to practise football.
However, American English makes it simpler by using the same spelling in both instances- practice.
Words like advice (advise), device (devise) etc. are similar examples.
But, certain words like offence, pretence etc. are simply spelled so in British English. The c is replaced by s when used in American English. For eg: offense, pretense etc.
Cheers,
Sudeshna (http://www.eccentrikgirl.com)
Refreshing Sudeshna.Thanks for sharing.